tougher times for people across maryland, as well 40,000 people in baltimore area now power outages. getting some help from other states on the way. but it will certainly be a tough 12 hours for people, especially along the coastal regions where the conditions really, hurricane force. kimberly? >> kimberly: unbelievable. thank you, steve. check back with you later. now let's go to david lee miller, who is standing by in lower manhattan with the latest. david? >> kimberly, we are in lower manhattan. portion of the city called battery park city. for our purposes today, let's call this area "a." this is the area under mandatory evacuation. this area home to about some 10,000 people. significant number of them say they simply are not going to leave. they are going to ride out the storm. despite the mandatory order for an evacuation. others you might say should be institutionalized. look at the video we recorded a few minutes ago. two men, part of a prank going for a swim in the hud sob river. a few minutes after they finished their -- it was more of a dunk. lasted only a minute or so. ne